The radios are buzzing with the Glasgow club’s demolition of Kazakh side Astana and the World Championships week straddles the away leg which doesn’t end too bad at all. Of Formula One’s 20 races, seven are in the Middle East and Asia. But they must show themselves and the fans something tomorrow and that means winning. hase of Africa’s World Cup qualifiers and effectively ended Algeria’s hopes with a 3-1 triumph on Saturday. Badminton in Asia comes with its superstitions and a Japanese expat believes fans ruined Long’s campaign by chasing him for autographs. Tell him to gain strength but not at the cost of his footwork,” says Chris Pang of Malaysia. The team finished sixth out of 10 teams in the tournament but the defeats to minnows Malaysia and Canada dented the confidence Hockey India had in him. The German never publicly criticised Coutinho — or questioned the legitimacy of his injury . Euro 2016 quarter-finalists Iceland bullied their way back into the game in the second half but lacked composure in the Finnish penalty area, wasting chance after chance. rld number one Karolina Pliskova out of US OpenResetting was key after second set loss, says Kevin Anderson after quarterfinal win at US OpenKarolina Pliskova showed the steel of a world number one as she fought off a match point to claim a riveting 3-6 7-5 6-4 comeback win over Zhang Shuai in the U.